Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup
From Mystic Tea Room
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File:Wimsatt-cup-saucer.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup and saucer set | File:Wimsatt-cup-saucer.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup and saucer set | ||
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| + | File:Wimsatt-cup-side-bats.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, side view | ||
File:Wimsatt-cup-side-two-bats.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, cup, side view | File:Wimsatt-cup-side-two-bats.jpg|Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, cup, side view | ||
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| - | The set is both a [ | + | The set is both a [[:Category:Symbol Cups and Saucers|symbol cup and saucer]], replete with omens and symbols from Chinese folk-magic, such as the five bats of happiness. |
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| - | + | It is an [[:Category:Astrology Cups and Saucers|astrological cup and saucer]] because the saucer is outfitted with the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac surrounding a central tai chi symbol. | |
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It was manufactured in two runs, with differing backstamps in 1931 and 1932. | It was manufactured in two runs, with differing backstamps in 1931 and 1932. | ||
| - | It came with an extensive and highly informative [[:Category:Tea Leaf Reading Instruction Sheets and Booklets|instruction booklet]], and each run had a different colour of paper stock on the | + | It came with an extensive and highly informative [[:Category:Tea Leaf Reading Instruction Sheets and Booklets|instruction booklet]], and each run had a different colour of paper stock on the booklet cover, the contents being otherwise identical. |
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Revision as of 20:00, 1 November 2020
 Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup and saucer set |
 cup interior |
Designed by the suffragette, poet, historian, geographer, and political activist, the Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup was patented in 1929, and manufactured by the Canonsburg Pottery.
 Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, side view |
 Chinese Fortune-Telling Teacup, cup, side view |
The set is both a symbol cup and saucer, replete with omens and symbols from Chinese folk-magic, such as the five bats of happiness.
 saucer |
 saucer |
It is an astrological cup and saucer because the saucer is outfitted with the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac surrounding a central tai chi symbol.
 saucer backstamp, version A]] |
 saucer backstamp, version B]] |
It was manufactured in two runs, with differing backstamps in 1931 and 1932.
It came with an extensive and highly informative instruction booklet, and each run had a different colour of paper stock on the booklet cover, the contents being otherwise identical.
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catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room
